Overview:

Professional Summary:

I see patients at the UBMD Pediatrics outpatient center at Conventus and at the John R. Oishei Children's Hospital. I also have a monthly outreach clinic in Olean, NY. My clinical expertise includes diabetes, adrenal disorder, delayed and early puberty, problems with growth, thyroid disease and obesity.

I spend a significant amount of time conducting clinical research. My research projects are related to Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, obesity and early puberty. I am the local principal investigator for the Type 1 Diabetes Exchange Clinic Registry, a research network of over 26,000 patients with Type 1 diabetes from across the country. The purpose of this clinic registry is to improve the care of persons with Type 1 diabetes by sharing best practices and answering important clinical questions through research. My role is to supervise a team of research assistants and make sure that we protect patient privacy, maintain patient volunteer safety and follow protocols for the study so that the results are valid. Based on my research and clinical expertise, I have written many chapters about adrenal disease, early puberty and general endocrinology that have been published in medical textbooks.

As the fellowship program director for the Division of Endocrinology in the Department of Pediatrics, I supervise and monitor the training of the pediatric endocrinology fellows. I teach pediatric endocrinology to medical students and residents, primarily as a preceptor in clinic, though I also lecture in the classroom setting.

I introduce the field to undergraduate students by allowing them to shadow me in clinic. In addition, I participate in medical career panels for undergraduates.

Education and Training:

Cert, Medical Educators, Royal College of Physicians (2012)

Fellowship, Pediatric Endocrinology, Washington University in St. Louis (2000)

Residency, Pediatrics, Washington University in St. Louis (1997)

Internship, Pediatrics, Washington University in St. Louis (1996)

MD, Medicine, University at Buffalo, summa cum laude (1995)

PhD, Biochemistry, University at Buffalo, summa cum laude (1995)

BS, Biochemistry, University at Buffalo, summa cum laude with high distinction (1987)

Employment:

Fellowship Program Director, Endocrinology/Diabetes, Pediatrics, University at Buffalo (2009-present)

January 2012–January 2013A 26-Week, Multinational, Multi-Center, Open-Labeled, Randomized, Parallel, Efficacy and Safety Comparison of Insulin Degludec and Insulin Determir in Children and Adolescents 1 to Less Than 18 Years with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus on a Basal-Bolus RegimenNovo NordiskRole: Principal Investigator$31,998

January 2006–January 2012New York State Center of Excellence for Type 2 DiabetesNew York State Department of HealthRole: Co-Investigator$550,000

January 2016Efficacy and Safety of Faster-acting Insulin Aspart Compared to NovoRapid Both in Combination with Insulin Degludec in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes (onset®7)Novo NordiskRole: Principal Investigator$173,658

January 2015Effect of Liraglutide for Weight Management in Paediatric Subjects with Prader-Willi SyndromeNovo NordiskRole: Principal Investigator$12,800

"Diabetes Research" JDRF-Sponsored Meeting, Western New York School Nurses (2017)

"Efficacy and Safety of Sotagliflozin, a Dual SGLT1 and SGLT2 Inhibitor, as Adjunct to Insulin in Young Adults with Poorly Controlled Type 1 Diabetes" 53rd Annual Meeting, European Association for the Study of Diabetes (2017)

"T1D Exchange Clinic Network" Annual Meeting, International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes, Correlation of BMI, A1c, and Total Daily Insulin in Children and Young Adults in the T1D Exchange Registry (2011)

"Analysis of Uterine Gene Expression in Normal and Preterm Labor" Pediatric Faculty Research Seminar, Herman B Wells Center for Research, Wells Center for the Pediatric Research and Riley Pediatric Community (2004)